After all, I think Forrest was the most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side.
William Tecumseh ShermanI want peace, and believe it can only be reached through union and war, and I will ever conduct war with a view to perfect an early success.
William Tecumseh ShermanIf forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.
William Tecumseh ShermanI would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.
William Tecumseh ShermanI confess, without shame, that I am sick and tired of fighting — its glory is all moonshine; even success the most brilliant is over dead and mangled bodies, with the anguish and lamentations of distant families, appealing to me for sons, husbands, and fathers ... it is only those who have never heard a shot, never heard the shriek and groans of the wounded and lacerated ... that cry aloud for more blood, more vengeance, more desolation.
William Tecumseh Sherman